Oven-front construction



ept- 25,1923. A. MEADOWS OVEN FRONT CONSTRUCTION Filed July 15, 1922 patented Sept. 25, 1923.

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ALBERT MEADOWS, OF DETROIT. MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 DEOI'I VAPOR STOVE COMP, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF "MICHIGAN.

OVEN-FRONT CONSTRUCTION.

application filed m 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT MEADOWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oven-Front Constructions, of which the following is a speciflcation. I

This invention relates to stove construc tion. The improvement resides in a construction of the oven and broiler oven. It is the object of the invention to afford a strong pressed metal front which is united with the other walls of the oven and broiler oven by a joint having no exposed fastening devices. It is the further object of the inventionto provide reinforcing members along the back of the pressed metal oven front which also serve the purpose of clamping the turned in side walls in place. The details of this will more fully appear in the description following.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is "a fra entary front elevation of a stove equippe with my improved front construction.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1 with the door omitted.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-'-3 of Fig. 1.

The oven front and broiler oven front comprise a pressed steel channel frame or provided with an upper opening for the oven and lower opening for the broiler chamber. This frame is provided with suitable slots 1) through which the hinges (not shown) function. These hinges and the fulcrum blocks 0 which support them are described and claimed in my co-pcnding application No. 575,345. No claim is made to this construction in the present application. The side walls of the oven are designated d and are provided with a jog at c to receive the turned back outer edge of the front channel frame, forming a substantially flush joint. The outer portion of the channel frame curves in a long, sweeping curve of considerable radius through an arc of 90. Coupled with the flush join-t already described,this forms a large rounded corner on the sides and top of the stove with an almost invisible joint giving a very clean, pleasinglappearance and making the cleanof t e stove easy.

ith the doors closed there are no ex- 1922. Serial No. 575,346.

posed fastening devices whatever. The side walls a? are turned in at a right angleto form the flanges e which are clamped between the an le iron reinforcing bar f and the block 0. his block 0 happens to be the fulcrum block that is described and claimed 1n application No. 575,345, but obviously as far as stove construction here described and claimed, it might be any ordinary block used for no other purpose. The angle bar upright is described and claimed in application o 575,345, as a fixture supportin hinges and springs, but obviously it is used in the structure shown in this application for an entirely different purpose, namely to reinforce the channel frame and pinch the side walls to the block 0. The hinges and springs might be supported by other parts of the stove.

The stove doors are provided with wings h at the bottom of the sides for connection with the hinge arms (not shown) which function throu h the slots 6 and for.covering the stove bolt heads 9 which together with the nuts 2' and j securely clamp the reinforcing angle bar 7 to the block '0 and pinch the side wall flanges ein place. This forms a concealed fastening when the door is closed.

In place of this construction, along the top a flat reinforcing bar In is used and a deeper flange m is turned in on the top wall 1:. of the oven. This is pinched against the stepped wall of the stove 0 at the outer jamb. The fastening devices, preferably bolts, have their heads welded to the inside of the channel to secure the reinforcing strips k to the back of the front frame and pinch the flange 0 between the reinforcing strip and the back of the step of the jamb.

What I claim is:

1. In stove construction, the combination of a front frame including one or more oven openings and having the outside edges of the frame turned backwards, a chamber having a wall meeting said turned back edges in substantially flush relation and concealed fastening devices for uniting said wall to said frame.

2. In stove construction, the combination of a front, comprising a channel-like frame having one or more oven openings and having outer edges turned back through substantially 90, a chamber having a wall formed with a jog so that the wall meets said turned back edges of the front frame in substantially flush relation, and means for securing the edge of said wall to the back of the front frame.

3. In stove construction, the combination of a channel-like front frame having a pair of oven openings and have its edges turned backwards, an oven having one or more walls meeting said turned back edges with a jo to provide substantially flush joints, the ront ed es of said wall turned inwardly and means or anchoring saidedges to the back of the front frame in concealed relation.

4. In stove construction, the combination of an ovenfront frame, an oven wall turned in behind said frame and fastenin devices for removably securing the wall to t e frame and permanently secured to the back of the frame.

,5. In stove construction, the combination of an oven front frame, an oven wall having a flange turned in behind the oven frame, and bolts and nuts for securing the flange removably to the back of the frame and havin some of the fastening members welde to the back of the frame.

6. In stove construction, the combination of an oven front frame, an oven wall having a flange turned in behind the ovenframe, a reinforcing bar for also clamping the flange in place, and concealed means for removably securing the reinforcing bar to the back of the oven frame.

7. In a stove construction, the combination of an oven front frame, a wall with a turned in' flange turned in behind the frame, a reinforcing bar for alsoiclamping the flange in place, and bolts and nuts some of which are welded to the back of the oven front frame and arranged in concealed relation to clamp the bar and flange to the back of the frame.

- 8. In stove construction, the combination of-an oven front frame, an oven wall having a turned in flange, a block secured behind the frame, a reinforcing bar for clamping the flange to the block, and concealed fastening devices for removably securing the bar to the block and back of the frame and holding the flange between the bar and block.

. In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature BERT MEAD WS. 

